“Nobody will ever want to work for New York City again. Zero trust. Medicare Advantage is a bait and switch scam & betrayal. Enough!” wrote one New York City councilmember.
In a unanimous decision, New York Court of Appeals Judge Shirley Troutman wrote that petitioners in the case are not entitled to “promissory estoppel” cause of action, the argument that the retirees throughout their employment with the city were promised traditional Medicare benefits when they retired.
According to Gothamist, “the court also ruled that the retirees did not have a legally binding promise from the city that their coverage would remain unchanged.” The Wednesday ruling overruled a state Supreme Court judge’s decision that had prevented the Adams administration from making the switch, though the Court of Appeals said there were still issues in the case that should be sent back down to the Supreme Court, a lower court in New York’s state system.
Damn I really know nothing about courts I would assume the states Supreme Court would only be below the national Supreme Court but apparently state appeals are above the state Supreme Court?
Also god damn, “yeah it said you would have Medicaid but it didn’t legally say they wouldn’t fuck you.” Certainly is a ruling.
In New York the “Court of Appeals” is the highest state court, higher than the New York “Supreme” court. It’s just a weird naming thing.
